If you are parents, trying to control how much time your children are spending on their PCs & what content they interact with, Windows 7 has a good solution for you. It is called Parental Controls and it can be enhanced using third party tools, so that you control all the computing activities you are interested in. 7 Tutorials has published a series which covers this area in a very professional way. A must read for all parents.

Click on ‘Fastest DNS’ and DNS Jumper will test dozens of servers and find the fastest combination. You can also choose from pre-sets for Google DNS, Open DNS, Comodo DNS, Ultra DNS and many more. This is a tiny app that will likely speed up your internet experience.

Just highlight some text, right click and choose your language. Quick Translator will translate over 50 languages and quickly and accurately. Weighing in at a tiny 55kb, we have and use this add-on regularly.

If you are a frequent visitor of The New York Times website then you would find their article skimmer very useful. It lets you quickly go through news in different sections. It has some nice options too. Try it out.